The 2018 Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize at the National Portrait Gallery presents a fascinating collection of portraits from around the world with a mix of studio and street photography capturing spontaneous and carefully crafted pictures.
Two centuries of photography is celebrated with the new Photography Centre at the V&A which offers a panoramic take on the evolution of the medium from glimpses of the earliest pictures to the arrival of a dynamic new art form and the work of contemporary practitioners.
Frieze Art Fair fills Regents Park with a wealth of artistic variety and contemporary creativity while Frieze Masters brings mouthwatering examples of masterpieces from the ancient world to 20th century modernism.
Compare and contrast. The lives of Mantegna and Bellini were entwined through rivalry, friendship, creative confederacy and also as brothers-in-law. Their shared talents brought innovation to their world and inspiration to the Renaissance painters who followed them and paved the way for the development of modern art. A fabulous new show at the National Gallery in London celebrates this astonishing artistic relationship with a stunning collection of paintings many of which have never been seen in the UK before.
It’s a joy to see some of the jewels of the Courtauld Collection on show at the National Gallery – like stumbling into a party full of ‘old friends’ from the world of Impressionist and Post-impressionist art.
I object: Ian Hislop’s search for dissent. Elements of subversion in everyday objects collected for this intriguing exhibition at the British Museum. Plus a clever contribution from Banksy.
A moving portrait of a mother wins the BP Portrait Award 2018 with a stylish, technically impressive painting.
There’s so much to see at Royal Academy of Arts in London – not just the Summer Exhibition, but a whole Spectacle to enjoy along with the newly opened permanent collection. This gallery is certainly having a moment in celebration of its 250th anniversary.
